328 DODECANDRIA. 



vant. Malpighia and Banisteria, beautiful plants of 

 the Maple fiimily, which next occur, have no affinity 

 to the foregoing. 



4. Pentagynia. Abounds in more Caryophylle^^ as 

 Lychms, t. 573, and Cerastium. t. 789, 790. Coty- 

 ledon, o25, Sedum, t. 1319,, and Oxalis, t. 762, are 

 placed here. Some of the last genus have the fila- 

 ments united at their base, and therefore should be- 

 long to the 16th class, — another defect in the artificial 

 system. 



5. Decagynia. Consists of only Neiirada, with Phyto- 

 lacca ; the latter an irregular genus as to stamens and 

 styles, which therefore afford good marks to discrim- 

 inate the species. 



Class 11. Dodecandria. Stamens 12 to 19. Orders 6. 



1. Monogynia. A rather numerous and very various 

 order, with scarcely any natural affinity between the 

 genera. Some of them have .twelve, others fifteen or 

 more stamens, ^yhich should be mentioned in their 

 characters. ABhim, Engl. Bot. t. 1083, and the 

 handsome Lytkmiwj Salicaria, t. 1061, also the Amer- 

 ican Snow-drojJtFee, Halesia, not rare in our gardens, 

 may serve as 'examples of this order. Sterculia is 

 very properly removed hither from Gynandria by 

 Schreber and Willdenow, as its stamens are not in- 

 serted above the germen. 



2. Digynia consists of Heliocarpus, a very rare Ameri- 

 can tree with a singularly fringed or radiated fruit ; 



